Which is a good use of an AI agent?
Why D is the answer
Completing a multi-step task across systems
Agents plan and take actions with tools to complete tasks.
In detail
- Agents suit multi-step tasks across systems.
- Single answers do not need an agent.
Use case
An illustrative scenario, not a real incident.
An agent checks an order, requests a refund and emails the customer, in three systems.
See it in different ways
sequenceDiagram participant U as User participant K as Knowledge Bases participant S as Vector store participant M as Foundation model U->>K: Question K->>S: Finds similar chunks S-->>K: Passages K->>M: Prompt with passages M-->>U: Answer
flowchart LR S0["Check order"] --> S1["Request refund"] --> S2["Email customer"]
Key point: Agents complete multi-step tasks.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Storing data in a database for ten years
- That is storage.
- B. Encrypting a storage bucket at rest
- That is encryption.
- C. Assigning IP addresses in a VPC
- That is networking.